Basic Information
Total number of credit hours/points of the program
100 credit hours
Number of academic years/levels (expected program duration)
3 years/6 levels
Departments Participating in teaching the program
Orthodontic Department
Program Aims: -
The program aims to prepare dentists to provide preventive, interceptive and corrective orthodontic treatment for children, adolescents and adults. One of the goals of the program is to teach the students rigorous qualitative and quantitative research and complete a thesis research project suitable for submission to a peer reviewed journal. At the end of this program, the graduate student will gain the highest professional knowledge relevant to science and practice of orthodontic treatment as well as the clinical experience which enable him / her to accomplish the following tasks:
- Provide the child and adult community with efficient and superior comprehensive orthodontic care.
- Participate efficiently in judgement and decision making in treatment of malocclusion
- Decline in the incidence of gene-linked malocclusion and dento-skeletal malformation
- To reduce the incidence of acquired malocclusion.
- Develop research expertise which enables him/her to conduct independent scientific research.
- Meet the challenge of continual advancement of the profession through participation in continuing education which helps his / her professional maturation.
Program Components:
| Requirement Category/Type | Number of Courses |
Number of Credit Hours/Points |
Percentage from the total number of hours/points | |
| University Requirements | —- | —– | —– | |
| Faculty/College Requirements (if applicable) | —– | —– | —– | |
| Program Requirements | 35 core courses+ 4 research courses+4 electives courses | 80 | 80% | |
| Requirements of the majors/ divisions/ tracks/ specializations in the final year (if any) | —– | |||
| Other requirements | Field Training | |||
| Graduation Project | ||||
| Mandatory training year | ||||
| Thesis | 20 | 20 | 20% | |
| Total Compulsory Courses | 39 | 87 | 80% | |
| Elective Courses | 4 | —- | —- | |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100% | |
The awarding of the Master’s degree is contingent upon the successful completion of the following three requirements:
Research Requirement
Each student must complete a research project aligned with the Faculty and Department research plan as a prerequisite for obtaining the Master’s degree.
Students are eligible to register their thesis project after successful completion of the second semester.
A scientific paper derived from the thesis must be published in a peer-reviewed international journal with an impact factor.
The public defense of the thesis may not take place earlier than 12 months following the approval of the Faculty Council for thesis registration.
Coursework Requirement
Each program comprises a defined set of courses, with a minimum requirement of 80 credit hours over six semesters.
The maximum number of credit hours that a student may register in any Fall or Spring semester is 21 credit hours.
All courses must be successfully completed in order to qualify for the award of the Master’s degree.
The courses are designed in alignment with the selected internal (NARS)/external reference standards (benchmarking) of the program.
Practical Training and Scientific Activities Requirement
Practical training and scientific activities constitute an integral component of the Master’s degree.
Each Department is responsible for preparing its training program and assigning credit hours to each activity.
A minimum threshold for each activity is established to ensure the achievement of the intended learning outcomes of the various study programs.
Students must document all training activities in a Logbook, which is verified and approved by the Head of Department and the Faculty Administration.
Students will not be permitted to sit for examinations until they have fulfilled the minimum required practical and scientific activities.
